Improvement in harvester-rakes



`laire-1v Jon o. Knvvon;

` iMnRovEMnNT IN Tafall whomit may concern 1 `Be it known that I, IDAVIDR. KINyoN, of Raritan, `in the countyo'f Somerset and State `oflTew` Jersey, `han@ invented a new and `useful Improvement `inQOI` eratin g Harvester- `Rakes yandl do hereby `declare that thefollowingis alfull, clear, and` exact description thcreof,lwhich will` enable others skilled in the art lto make andl usewthe same, reference bein ghad to the accompanying drawing, forming` part of this specification, in whichu lFigurel is atop'view ofvmyimproved device asconnected `with the frame and Vcuttert bar of a harvester. .Fg. `12 is a rear view of the same, partly in section, to show the: construction. t p y i .y

Similar letters of reference `indicate correspondingparts.` u 1 t `My invention,` relates tofimprovements in that class of `harvesters inwhich the drivingpulleys of the rake-shaftare arranged on `the outer sideof the machine,ysov thatthe inner y y end of the cutter-bar may be brought close to the driving or transporting wheelon thesame Sid; i l

The invention consists in the'construction and arrangement of parts, whereby certain "advantagesin the `operationof the machine are secured, ashereinafterldescribed. u Alrepresents `thejframefof a harvester in bearings, attached to `which the axle or drive- `wheel shaft B revolves.` g G larethedrive-` wheels, which revolve loosely `upon the shaft B, and areconnected withsaid shaft,.so as to carry it with them,in their forward move- "z ment, by pawlsand ratchet-wheels, in the ordinary manner. 1 `,D represents the ,cutter-bar,2 a which is connectedwitnthe frame A, and operated in the ordinary manner. E represents the stand that` supports `thelrake in bearings, n theinner part of which `revolves theshaft Ffwhichhas a small Vbevel-gear wheel, Ge atached `to itsqprojecting end, by which the i rakeis operated. Theother end `of the shaft j. Fissquared off, and passes through'a square ole in the sleeve E, which sleeve revolves :l in bearings attached to `the rea-r `part of; the frame A, or to a supportfattached to saidrear partof the frame A; V

,1 New nssrenon* ro HiMsELF AND oFlsAME PLAGE.

HARVESTER-RAKES.

Specification `fm'nngqpart of Letters Patent No. 112,605, dated March 14,1871.

may always pass squarely through their bearings without the possibility of binding, however rough the surface of the ground may be,

the squared end of said shaft sliding freely in the sleeveH as its other moves up and down through the arc of a circle.

J isa band-wheel which is securely attached to or formed solidly upon the end of the sleeve H, and around which passes a band, which also passes around the wheel K, attached to `the driving-shaft B, upon the side of the frame Afarthest from the cutting-bar, and either upon the outside or inside of the drivingwheel C, as may be desired.

. By this construction, by arranging the shaft VF that operates the rake across the rear end ofthe `frameA, and driving said shaftfrom the side of the frame `A farthest froml the cutter-bar, I am enabled to bring the cutterbar closer to the frame A, making the machine more compact and greatly diminishing the side draft. y y The bearing Hof the shaft F and pulley J is adjustable'toward and from the wheel C in front by means of screwbolts',rwhich pass through long slots in the part of theframe extended rearward. Screw-nuts are placed on the lower ends of said bolts, so that the bearing may be clamped in any desired position. This construction permits the belt or band on the pulleys J and K to be tightened when,

from any cause, it has become slackened; or the adjustment may be so made as to slacken the band for the purpose of arresting the rotation of the rake, which is frequently necessaryin going to and from the harvest-held and elsewhereabout the farm.

Another advantage-derived from this arrangement consists in preserving the alignment of the pulley J with the pulley K, whatever be the distance between them. Thus there cannot at any time be an increase of friction by reason of the pulley J being at an inclination or angle (in a vertical plane) to that on the shaft B.

bar moves over the uneven surface of the ground, and so that the journals of said shaft Having thus described my invention, I adjustable, as described, and the pulley K on claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters the shaft B all arranged to operate as shown Patentand herein set forth.

The combination, with the reel or rake of a DAVID R. KINYON. harvester, of the shaft F, having the universel Witnesses: joints I I, the pulley J provided with the THEO. FRELINGHUYSEN, sleeve H and lsecured in the bearing, mede JOSEPH H. DoTY. 

